Ery took a deep breath to calm his excited nerves and started to regulate the spirit energy in his cores. With him having a smoother process channeling his vigorous spirit force, he could also feel the prowess of his Spirit reading had been elevated as well.
There was not much increase in its range, but the quality of the skill itself was upgraded to an obvious degree.
Previously, Ery could only tell the standard of his opponent's strength in so rough estimation, now he could tell for sure that Giovanni, the huge man standing in front of him with a large blade on his shoulder, was a rank 9 acolyte with six pillars ford.
This was an individual on the sa level as the strongest person in elite class 7, Orycon. But this revelation certainly did not worry Ery even a bit, let alone falter him. After all, he was able to stay on par with Orycon without using all he had.
Instead of thinking of the upcoming match as a hard-fought battle, Ery's mindset leaned more towards the thought that this match would be a good practice to pick up what he left off and learn to adapt to his newfound improved strength.
Ery took out his tier 4 sword, before taking his own fighting stance, ready to fight the opponent before him.
"You! New kid! Rank 68?" Giovanni scoffed before he continued his words. "The test result must be wrong! Just go back to where you ca from. You don't deserve to be here."
Unexpectedly, Ery felt annoyed by the other party's words. He tried to force himself to calm down, it seed to have little effect as he replied to the insult.
"Yes, I will… after kicking your ass!"
Veins seed to pop on Giovanni's forehead when he heard Ery's words, however, he didn't say anything more. Instead, the large man's body was suddenly engulfed by a powerful discharge of spirit force. It bursted outwards and enveloped every part of the forr's body, before he stomped the ground and darted towards Ery.
Swish!
The air seed to be sliced apart as Giovanni swung the blade in his hand. It was a powerful slash that could easily cut Ery's head off the neck and instantly kill him if it landed, however, Ery dodged it with ease by taking a sideways step.
A mont after, the tip of the blade suddenly made a sharp turn in the air like lightning and followed the direction where he moved, making its way to its initial target: his neck.
"Huh? Even his sword skill is as strong as Orycon," Ery thought, as his hand reflexively moved and blocked the blade with his sword.
Clang! A loud sharp sound rang out in the air, as the two tals clashed against each other. Ery's body was sent half a dozen steps backwards, as the force behind Giovanni's strike was a bit much for his reflex reaction.
"Huh?!" Giovanni said, raising his eyebrow. "You are full of shit! Co fight seriously!"
Ery rolled his eyes at his opponent's blatant taunt. The latter launched an attack so suddenly before and now acted like he was the victim by blaming him for not fighting seriously. He was really lost for words.
For a mont, Ery considered the thought of using his spells to win, but he changed his mind in the end. This was a good ti to check the limit of his new physical form after all.
When Giovanni ca charging in his direction again, Ery quickly focused his concentration on certain ridian points and used his powerful battle art.
[Immortal Gate - stage 5]
[Battle power increased by 32 points]
[Battle power 136 (168)]
"Arghh!!," Ery cried a little as the battle art took effect.
There was a second wave of pain that appeared, as all the muscles in his body suddenly bulged due to the boost. Even so, such pain was not as significant as the trendous enhancent he was given.
Seeing the large blade co for him once again, Ery gripped his sword with both hands before brandishing it in front of his chest. He wanted to block Giovanni's strike directly and compare their strength now that his battle power had further increased.
CLANK!
This ti, the powerful swing that sent Ery flying earlier was not able to make his feet move a step. It did not even manage to make the hand holding the sword tremble.
At the mont, Giovanni's face was staring down at him. Their faces were so close that Ery could clearly sll the other party's foul breath. This, however, only made him frown a little, not affecting him at all.
"Huh! I guess your power is not bad, but a lower realm like you will never win against a great sword master like !" Giovanni sneered.
He quickly drew his blade back and retreated. While taking a few steps back, he prepared to launch his battle art, then shouted what seed to be the na of his battle art out loud.
"Star Revolving Sword!"
In a matter of seconds, multiple purple orbs of lightning materialized all around Giovanni, as he made his stance. At first glance, the battle art felt very powerful. However, Ery wouldn't let assumptions get the best of him. Of course, he would also not underestimate his opponent.
A massive grin was on Giovanni's face, making him look like a maniac for a mont. "Hahaha, accept your surrender… or die!!"
Swish!
The man's figure seed to disappear, as he dashed at breakneck speed. It was also at this mont that Ery saw the forr swing his blade again, but this ti, the slash was so fast it looked like there were three blades swinging at the sa ti.
However,
Clankk!! Clank!! Clankkk!
Ery was able to see through all the attacks and feints Giovanni threw at him, blocking them all with absolute perfection. This extraordinary sight naturally stunned everyone, especially his own opponent Giovanni.
"What?!" That can't be! There's no way you just did that! Where did you learn my skill before?!" Giovanni's voice had turned shrill at this point, disbelief was apparent in it, as he really couldn't believe what his eyes had just seen.
The man beca furious and decided to strike again. This ti, he seed to move even faster, as Ery could see four blades coming at him. In response, he quickly used the [Weeping Phantom] steps to dodge and block all of them flawlessly.
Clankk! Clank!! Clankkk! Clank!!
Even though his attack once again failed, Giovanni didn't stop like before. Instead, he quickly delivered another round of slashes that Ery gladly welcod. A faint smile could be seen on Ery's face, as he parried and blocked the forr's attacks.
The huge man continued his relentless assault. Several good minutes had passed, but Ery did not see any improvent nor variations in his opponent's attacks. He both out strength and out skill his opponent. His attempt to practice and learn his newfound power was apparently unsuccessful against this particular acolyte.
He shook his head and comnted, "This is getting boring!"
Upon hearing such words, Giovanni, being a very proud man, beca incredibly enraged. Inwardly, he vowed to make Ery regret saying those words.
However, when he was shouting for the next attack like he always did, Ery already prepared a gift for him. He had mustered all the strength in his body and channeled it into both of his arms. It was as if the current Ery was a bow whose string had been drawn to its maximum and was ready to unleash all its might.
Ery maneuvered his sword around and swung it toward his opponent's chest, smashing Giovanni with his newfound 168 battle power.
BAM!!!
ARGHHHHHH!!!
It wasn't even a battle art attack but the strike was so powerful that made Giovanni scream in agony the mont it landed. It sent him flying a dozen steps away and brought the huge man to his knees. The latter's eyes turned red, before he suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell flat on the ground. His body was twitching violently, as if he was in a seizure.
One of the senior staff imdiately rushed to the arena and squatted down next to Giovanni, before examining his condition. After a while, the staff stood up and announced the result.
"The winner is Ery Ambrose!!"
The result quickly brought surprise to all the other acolytes and magus who watch the match
Right as the staff announced Ery's victory, a notification appeared in his mind.
[Your Privilege rank has increased to 91]
And just like that, Ery won his first match with one hit against a privileged acolyte.
It was such an exhilarating feeling for him, he brought his clenched fist high into the air and opened his mouth.
"Who's next?!!"
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Written by Avans, Published exclusively by W.e.b.n.o.v.e.l,
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